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Just to let you guys know I've cracked it!! Using .vbs scripts and 'Group Policy re-looping' Mapping printers to specific locations based on workstation location!

Hi Guys, Thanks alot for the help. The problem was that I was assigning the GPO which ran at user level to an OU which had machines in it. When i moved it, hey presto it worked. However, this has only led me to another issue. Each OU is a different room with IT equipment in. We have 10 rooms all with computers and we have 2 printers in each room. Basically I want the printers in each specific room to be mapped to each specific set of computers. Therefore this GPO mapping would be by machine, not by user. I seem to understand that you can only map printers by user. Mapping by machine seems to work so far as the script to map them runs but when a user logs in they have no printers. I have therefore thought I could maybe use a script which would check the printers installed on the relevant machine to see which printers are mapped and then assign the mono printer to default. Im not a coder, nor am I competent with Group Policy or scripts (having only started delving into this wonderful world about 2 weeks ago!!). Does anyone know of any scripts or can anyone tell me what I have to do to work around this problem? Better still does anyone have the same sort of issue they have rectified? Cheers guys Rick Lister

Hi Guys, Well just joined as have been reading the hints and problems others have been getting similar to my own but I seem to have come across a problem I cannot rectify... so need some help! Basically at the school where I work Im using Group Policy to set printers up. Yes, Printer Management Console. Now to be honest Ive read that its a very select bit of software and that some like it and think it works well and some dont. Well for me it works great apart from one thing... Setting the Default Printer!!! So, I have created a .vbs script to fix the default printer to the one I specify when users log in. (eg. I dont want all the kids printing to a colour printer all the time when they only have a black and white document!!) Anyway, I create a new GPO, put the vbs script in the users configuration and link the GPO to the OU where i want it. Now the problem is when the user logs in. Firstly, pushprinterconnections.exe works fine. It maps the printers but randomly sets one a default, usually for me, one of the colour lasers. Now the setDefaultprinter.vbs script doesnt run. However, the script itself is fine. If ran manually all works great and the default printer is set. Also, if I add the .vbs script to the Machine configuration in the setDefaultPrinter GPO the script runs and Im prompted on screen as to which printer is now default.... but alas when a user logs in, the default printer isnt set!!! So, my question is does anyone know what im doing wrong here. Ive tried Kixtart scripts, .vbs scripts and .bat files but they just dont seem to run when in Group policy. Ive been working on this for nearly 2 weeks now and its driving me insane... (not to mention the fact that Ive discovered lots of other issues causing problems along the way!!) There must be some explaination why this thing is driving me mad!!! Help!